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+28 1% carried interest for a $200m fund? what does this mean 22 4y
+28 Girls Who Invest 2023 34 3y
+28 Shower Thoughts - Why EBITDA Margin Matters 9 4y
+28 Impact Investing - Type of Work/Comp/Hours 11 3y
+28 Patient Square Capital - Insights? 28 1y
+28 PE Offer / Timing Issues with Bonus Payout 11 3y
+28 Wellington Management vs. MF PE 8 3y
+28 Thoughts on PSG Equity / Providence Strategic Growth (2022) 9 1y
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+28 Healthcare Book Recommendations ? 19 1y
+28 Corp strategy to MM PE? 7 3y
+28 Executive Presence, Speech, and Style 7 3y
+28 Arsenal Capital Partners - 2023 Insights 18 1y
+28 Experienced Advice Requested on Work Gap after 10 years and Next Steps 3 3y
+28 Simple businesses for a VP+ career (industrials vs. software) 8 3y
+28 Moving into PE as a Senior Associate / VP 11 3y
+28 How to go for Apollo? 45 1y
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+28 ELI5: Locked box 10 1y
+28 Hair plugs in private equity? 16 2y
+28 Wharton - Buyside Recruiting 11 3y
+28 Ratio Advisors Partners List 2023 16 2y
+28 Southeast Asia Emerging Markets PE out of undergrad 9 2y
+28 Anxiety About The State of Tech Private Equity 16 3y
+28 Getting pushed out because I didn’t co-invest enough? 21 3y
+28 Impact Funds Oncycle Recruiting? 9 3y
+28 Quant Trading vs. PE Career Progression? 13 2y
+28 RE: Most useful languages to learn (for IB/PE)? 11 2y
+28 PE out of MM IB with horrible GPA 8 2y
+28 Deferring start date - poorly reflected? 12 2y
+28 PE Offer Accepted - How to Autopilot 12 2y
+28 Med school to PE 12 2y
+28 Ares/Landmark Secondaries - horrible returns 16 2y
+28 GP led vs LP led secondaries market trend - which one is a better strategy? 9 2y
+28 Is London still worth it? 15 2y
+28 Someone Talk Me Out of (or Into) Buying a Small Business 18 2y
+28 Midlevels - how is your fund shaking out for 2023/4 Comp? 15 2y
+28 Canada Carried Interest Taxation 12 1y
+28 From Search Fund back to PE 5 2y
+28 Thoughts on Nicola Wealth? 10 1y
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+28 Feeling disillusioned 15 2y
+28 Am I being played here? Ridiculously long case study 27 2y
+28 Update on Stone Point Capital 21 1y
+28 PE recruiting with dyed hair? 16 2y
+28 Sweaty funds - how do VPs work most weekends? 12 2y
+28 Leave MBB to to join PE-backed Portco? 11 2y
+28 Is PE a career for the uninspired, unambitious, and untalented? 8 2y
+28 Why is it beneficial to capitalize software costs? 9 2y
+28 How to handle sourcing deal for MF PE/PC as associate? 7 2y
+28 Credit to PE 8 7mo
+28 Excess Cash in M&A transactions 16 1y
+28 Searchlight Capital WLB 30 6mo
+28 Meeting with Founder of PE firm - Tips? 9 1y
+28 MBB to PE shop. Worth it? 15 1y
+28 Urgent: Choosing from 2 PE Offers 14 1y
+28 Experienced VP Lateral Market 40 3mo
+28 Getting Better at PE Case Studies 5 1y
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+28 Common LBO errors 8 1y
+28 Dawson/Whitehorse getting destroyed by the media 15 1y
+28 Is the Grass Greener on the Buyside? 11 1y
+28 PE --> Special Sits Credit: Lifestyle and Transition? 9 1y
+28 Peterson Partners? (Utah) 9 1y
+28 BD PE Placement in MBA programs? 7 1y
+28 How long for Carlyle to wind down? 20 9mo
+28 Following 6 1y
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+28 Why do people go back from MF PE to IB? 18 1y
+28 Management Options & Warrants 5 1y
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+28 3rd Fund as an Associate 15 1y
+28 Thread on PE Placements Based on Background 45 1y
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+28 Top Firms for Co-Investments and Primary Fund Investments 15 10mo
+28 Arkansas HB 1150: A New Opportunity for Healthcare PE Investors? 10 2mo
+28 Huge blunder on case study email submission and now I’m feeling terrible…. Help - what do I do next? 8 1y
+28 LBO Question - Why is cash ignored in equity value sometimes? 5 1y
+28 Growing UMM/MM vs MF (Warburg, Bain) 21 1y
+28 Freelancing in PE 9 1y
+28 PE vs HF (activist) - which is the best career to be an owner/investor for returns. 2 1y
+28 Breaking into PE in India 2 4mo
+28 What's A Good Balance For Inorganic and Organic Growth? 13 1y
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